The increased size of a 5oz coin allowed for a new added design on the back (hologram superimposed for look). Another addition to this coin will be that it is being minted in proof-like quality. Due to this, the coins will ship to me individually packaged instead of in rolls, so they should be free from scratches.

These coins are similar to physical bitcoins you see from Casascius and others. I'll highlight a few of the major differences.

First of it's kind! Coins are tied to NastyFans seats and not preloaded with BTC. By not preloading these coins with BTC, they are not only cheaper to purchase than their competitors, but the potential is there for the BTC address engraved on the coin to continue rising forever with regular NastyFans BTC distributions, as opposed to being a fixed amount as with similar physical Bitcoin options. It's like having a Bitcoin miner with no costs or effort to maintain.

No more printed keys! These keys are engraved, and forever attached to the coin. A tamper evident hologram is placed over the private key to help alleviate security concerns.

No more firstbits! Your entire public key is engraved on the coin, eliminating any uncertainty that may exist about your coin's public address.

Sequential vanity Bitcoin addresses! Know exactly what coin number you hold by the public address. Each coin begins with 1Nasty and is sequentially numbered with the following two characters.

Limited production batch! Only 100 coins produced. Being tied to seats instead of BTC also makes these coins extremely limited, as there are a limited # of NastyFans seats.

Profit sharing! With 50% of sales being donated to NastyFans, this is a giant fundraiser for all NastyFans. You know your funds are going back to the Bitcoin community and helping to support a great organization that is dedicated to doing good for Bitcoin. It is my hope that these coins will provide happiness to existing fans, while at the same time exposing NastyFans to a new group of potential members.

Each coin has 5 NastyFans seats attached to it that earn weekly distributions to the coin's address. Once the coin is released, the $400 minting fee will require you to use 5 of your own seats, or buy 5 seats when you purchase the coin. Pre-orders will receive the 5 seats for free.

Each coin has 5 NastyFans seats attached to it that earn weekly distributions to the coin's address. Once the coin is released, the $400 minting fee will require you to use 5 of your own seats, or buy 5 seats when you purchase the coin. Pre-orders will receive the 5 seats for free.

Not really. It's a little bigger than that. A seat is a membership to NastyFans. In addition to voting rights, each seat receives weekly distributions of donations received by NastyFans. While NastyMining does donate all their mining proceeds, NastyFans also receives donations from other sources. For example, 50% of sales from the 1oz coins and 50% of sales (excluding pre-orders) of the 5oz coins are also being donated to NastyFans. We run NastyPool which is about to introduce PPS payouts for P2Pool mining. Hopefully that begins generating donations for NastyFans as well. There are a few other products we sell (1g silver coins & T-shirts coming soon) that generate donations and we have plans to eventually offer services like automated escrow as well as endorsing a dice style site for additional donation sources. You can also keep track of NastyFans/NastyPool/NastyMining by checking out our NastyFans iOS App.

Not really. It's a little bigger than that. A seat is a membership to NastyFans. Each seat receives weekly distributions of donations received by NastyFans. While NastyMining does donate all their mining proceeds, NastyFans also receives donations from other sources. For example, 50% of sales from the 1oz coins and 50% of sales (excluding pre-orders) of the 5oz coins are also being donated to NastyFans. We run NastyPool which is about to introduce PPS payouts for P2Pool mining. Hopefully that begins generating donations for NastyFans as well. There are a few other products we sell (1g silver coins & T-shirts coming soon) that generate donations and we have plans to eventually offers services like automated escrow as well as endorsing a dice style site for additional donation sources. You can also keep track of NastyFans/NastyPool/NastyMining by checking out our NastyFans iOS App.

So please spell out for the dumb (like me): What's the cost of the coin?

$400. Although the lack of orders has me considering options for further rewarding pre-orderers.

I try to obtain most every physical crypto coin out there (unless the coin has a large Bitcoin stored value, which becomes too pricey to me) but the $400 price and large medallion size has me holding off. It feels less like a coin, and more like a Olympic Silver medal.

I try to obtain most every physical crypto coin out there (unless the coin has a large Bitcoin stored value, which becomes too pricey to me) but the $400 price and large medallion size has me holding off. It feels less like a coin, and more like a Olympic Silver medal.

pffftt... not even close

Olympic medals nowadays are ~ 17-18 Oz. (I had the honor hold an Olympic medal in my hand a few years ago, they are heavy)

In the spirit of Black Friday deals this week, I am now offering a free 1oz Minted NastyFans Seat for the first 20 pre-orders of one of these 5oz coins. That includes those who have already pre-ordered.